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READING WHAT YOU WROTE
Read your work out loud to locate problems. If you run out of breath, the sentence is too long.
Robert Kanigel, writer and editor, Baltimore, Maryland
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Current Rating: 6.4 out of 10 based on 27 reviews
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PLANTING SEEDS
Most seeds should be set as deep as they are wide.
Peter van Berkum, Kittery Point, Maine
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Current Rating: 5 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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ADJUSTING THE SIGHTS ON A RIFLE
If your rifle has more zip than a .30-30 and you sight it to hit a couple of inches above the point of aim at 100 yards, it will put most bullets close to the bull's-eye at 200 yards.
Shannon Tompkins, columnist, The Beaumont Enterprise, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 5 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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WRITING SOMETHING IMPORTANT
If you feel that you need a thesaurus to write something, you are probably trying too hard.
John Shed, language instructor
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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RAISING CORN
You can expect to produce about 18 tons of corn silage per acre per year.
George Shepard, farm help, Rochester, New York
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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CALLING A COLLEGE DORM
Most dormitory phones are answered just after the second ring. If a call hasn't been answered by the fourth ring, chances are it won't be.
Chris Carter, East Lansing, Michigan
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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WHITE COLLAR VS. BLUE COLLAR RULE OF BATHING
You are a white collar worker if you need to bathe before work. You are a blue collar worker if you need to bathe after work. You are very well paid if you need to bathe both before and after work.
Kee Nethery, Meddlelurgist, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Current Rating: 6.7 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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SAFETY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
If you must pull your car over to the side of the road due to a break down or accident, it's only safer to wait outside the vehicle (for a tow truck or the police) if you can get at least one car length away from your vehicle and if you can move off parallel to the vehicle. If the only place to stand is infront of or behind your vehicle, it is safer to get back in the car, put on your seat belt and wait for assistance.
Donna Migliore, data analyst, Phoenix, AZ
(2) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-08)
Current Rating: 7.7 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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LAWSUIT PROGNOSIS
If a client tells his or her lawyer that a prospective lawsuit is a "slam-dunk", there is a 1% chance the client is correct. If a lawyer tells the client the prospective lawsuit is a "slam-dunk", the client should retain a different lawyer as soon as possible.
Stephen Verbit, Attorney, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
(7) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-19)
Current Rating: 7.8 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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DESKTOP VS LAPTOP COMPUTERS
A current laptop computer will tend to be 2/3 as powerful and half again as expensive as an otherwise comparable desktop computer from the same manufacturer... still less powerful and more expensive if it's extra slim and light.
Mark H. Anbinder, Technology Evangelist, Ithaca, New York, USA
(17) Contributions from this contributor since (2007-08-14)
Current Rating: 6.8 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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RAISING CATTLE
When a cow is coming into heat, she'll try to mount other cows. When she's in heat, she'll allow other cows to mount her.
Pat Boncannon and Don Smith, Physiology Department, New York State Department of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Current Rating: 6.5 out of 10 based on 12 reviews
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